Template:Did you know nominations/The Great Migration: Journey to the North
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The result was: promoted by feminist (talk) 13:04, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
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The Great Migration: Journey to the North
[edit]- ... that the children's poetry book The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield reflects the author's own childhood experiences?
- Reviewed: Ria Ginster
Created by Malexander (BYU) (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 13:55, 19 February 2019 (UTC).
The article is new and long enough, but two of the three sections (Synopsis and Background) are unsourced. They are presumably based on Malexander (BYU)'s reading of the book? I am not that experienced as a Wikipedian, so I don't know how this is supposed to be handled - do movie plots have sources other than the movie? The plot section of Back to the Future is unsourced - maybe this is normal? Presumably at least the book itself should be cited here? Googling text snippets suggests that the text is original, so there doesn't seem to be any copyright problem. The link to references #2-5 don't work for me, they lead to a page that says "Sorry, we are unable to retrieve the document you requested." The hook text seems good to me. It should have Eloise Greenfield linked instead of bare. However, the hook fact does not have an inline citation. Anotherdoon (talk) 10:56, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
- The Background section seems to be sourced to Reference #1. I don't see this mentioned in the MOS for poetry, but WP:FILMPLOT states that "Since films are primary sources in their articles, basic descriptions of their plots are acceptable without reference to an outside source." so not sure that lack of citation for the Synopsis section is a problem. Rlendog (talk) 16:59, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
- @Anotherdoon and Rlendog: I believe the synopsis does not need a reference as is the case with film plots. I have added an extra reference for the hook facts. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:28, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I removed the EBSCO search result links, since I don't think they are meant to be permalinks. I can also help with the nomination--Malexander may be slow to respond since she has been ill. Also, yes, plot summaries do not require a citation; see the Manual of Style on Sourcing a plot summary Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 22:04, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
